Hydrogen peroxide route to Sn-doped titania photocatalysts

Chemistry Central Journal

Václav Štengl¹  Tomáš Matys Grygar¹  Jiří Henych¹  Martin Kormunda² 

[1] Faculty of the Environment, J.E. Purkyně University, Králova Výšina 7, 400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

[2] Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, J.E. Purkyně University, České mládeže 8, 400 96, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

关键词: Photocatalysis;    Vis light;    Wet synthesis;    Sn doping;    TiO2;   

Others  :  788063
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-153X-6-113

 received in 2012-08-29, accepted in 2012-09-25,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

The work aims at improving photocatalytic activity of titania under Vis light irradiation using modification by Sn ions and an original, simple synthesis method. Tin-doped titania catalysts were prepared by thermal hydrolysis of aqueous solutions of titanium peroxo-complexes in the presence of SnCl₄ or SnCl₂ using an original, proprietary "one pot" synthesis not employing organic solvents, metallo-organic precursors, autoclave aging nor post-synthesis calcination. The products were characterized in details by powder diffraction, XPS, UV–vis, IR, and Raman spectroscopies, electron microscopy and surface area and porosity measurements

Results

The presence of tin in synthesis mixtures favors the formation of rutile and brookite at the expense of anatase, decreases the particle size of all formed titania polymorphs, and extends light absorption of titania to visible light region >400 nm by both red shift of the absorption edge and introduction of new chromophores. The photocatalytic activity of titania under UV irradiation and >400 nm light was tested by decomposition kinetics of Orange II dye in aqueous solution

Conclusions

Doping by Sn improves titania photoactivity under UV light and affords considerable photoactivity under >400 nm light due to increased specific surface area and a phase heterogeneity of the Sn-doped titania powders.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Štengl et al.; licensee Chemistry Central Ltd.

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